Thursday 12 December 2013

Cad Bane (75024) Lego Star Wars Minifigure

75024: Cad Bane Lego Minifigure75024:  HH-87 Starhopper

"I'm your worst nightmare, pal..." - Cad Bane addresses C3PO in Clone Wars Season 3 Episode 8 "Evil Plans"

Cad Bane burst into the Star Wars Universe in Series 1 of the Clone Wars TV Series which aired back in 2008.  The Spaghetti Western Character made an instant impact inspired by Lee Van Cleef in The Good The Bad and The Ugly.   Bane is as tough and heartless a villain as you are going to find in the Clone Wars:  he is purely out to profit from the advent of war.  After Jango Fett ‘loses his head’ in Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Bane rises to prominence as the pre-eminent gun for hire toting dual baster pistols and his trademark 
wide brimmed hat.  His exploits attract the attention of Count Dooku and Darth Sidious: an esteemed clientele indeed.


This male bounty hunter from Duros becomes a recurring character in the Clone Wars Seasons with him making an appearance in many of the  significant story arcs.  One of the most interesting aspects of Bane is his ability to hold his own and best the Jedi,  his encounter with Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos on the planet Teth in Season 3 being a perfect example.  Bane possesses no special force powers, his talent is in preparation, planning and when supported by his impressive arsenal of weaponry (including toothpicks...) and trickery he is an impressive adversary.  A shade of Gotham’s Dark Knight here?





Cad Bane has become the subject of two Lego minifigure versions. 

The first variant appeared in two sets that were released in 2010:  8098 Clone Turbo Tank and 8128 Cad Bane’s Speeder.  The latter set was based on Bane’s premiere appearance in the episode “Hostage Crisis” in Season 1.


Roll the clock forward 3 years and the second and latest variant (at time of writing) is based on the Cad Bane we see in Season 4 in a multi-episode story arc that involves a plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine.  This is an exclusive minifigure in the 75024 HH-87 Starhopper set released in 2013.








This minifigure version is distinctly different to the original. 

The head piece has narrow set red eyes and black facial feature patterns on a blue skinned alien face. The head piece has no print on the rear.  The cybernetic breathing tubes that were embedded in Banes’s cheekbones and windpipe in the original version are gone.

Fans will be pleased that the same distinctive dark brown wide brimmed hat remains.

The Torso is double printed with a dark brown jersey with dark tan stripes and a reddish brown strap pattern, dark orange arms and reddish brown hands. In contrast, The Torso in the original version included Bane’s heavy dark brown cloak.

The reddish brown hips and legs are plain with no printing to front or rear.

Cad Bane is armed simply with a blaster, rather than his trademark LL-30 Blaster Pistols.

Cad Bane is an important enough character to warrant two minifigure versions.  If the first version 'did' the breathing apparatus and heavy brown cloak look, this version is somewhat simpler. Sometimes as they say: "less is more".

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